Snippets of life from Seoul and beyond

Month: August 2013

Once in awhile I will get these intense cravings for a particular food. My mother tells me that I would be the most difficult pregnant woman in the world but thankfully we don’t have to worry about that now. This past week, it was burgers. For some reason my friends in California and New York… Continue reading Hello Burgers!

Korea is one of those places where trends pick up like wildfire and soft serve seems to be the trend du jour. There are heaps of places popping up that have started to sell your childhood staple but in a lot more sophisticated, grown up manner. Granted, I should not be indulging in such things,… Continue reading Soft Serve

The funny thing about having three USB flash drives is that occasionally you will end up with gems that will bring back a rush of memories. In one, I found a folder containing photographs of an impromptu Singapore trip I took with my girlfriends two years ago. I will get to the actual trip in… Continue reading Review :: Mandarin Oriental Singapore

There’s a television program called Let Me In (currently in its third season) on Korean cable that I’ve been watching recently. The premise of the show is, ‘ugly’ girls who have a story (bullied in school, beaten up, made fun of, husbands don’t want to have sex with them) come on this show and a… Continue reading Plastic Surgery